Stovepipe holder



1,647,081 Oct. 25, 1927' HIT, CHINN s'mvEPIr nomma- Filed Feb. e. 19x26 Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

UNITED STATES HOWARD T. CHINN, OF ATASCADERO, CALIFORNIA.

s'rovnrirn HOLDER.

Application filed February This invention aims to provide a'simple but efficient means for holding a stove pipe in a chimney.

It is within thc province ot the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

Vith the above and other objects in view which kwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described 1nd claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment ofthe invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope ot what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, mounted in place in a chimney;

Figure Q. isa longitudinal section wherein parts are broken away;

Figure 3 is an end elevation;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the anchor;

Fig. 5 is a tragmental elevation .showing a part ot the retainer.

The numeral 1 marks a chimney having a flue 2 and provided with an opening 3 for the reception ot a pipe. Y

The numeral 4 marks a pipe, one end of which is inserted into the opening 3 in the chimney 1. The numeral 5 designates, generally, an anchor, including a body 6 provided at its inner end with a toot 7, and supplied at its outer end with a shoulder 8, the foot and the shoulder being disposed about parallel to each other, and at right angles to the body 6, the anchor including an arm 9 projecting from the shoulder Sand disposed about parallel to the'body 6, the arm 9 being reduced in thickness at its end, as indicated at 10.

The numeral 11 designates a retainer, in the form of a inishing ring, provided with an inwardly extended flange 12 and supA plied at its outer end with a notch or seat 14, of the same cross section as the arm 9 of the anchor 5. The pipe 4 is supplied with an opening 15, of such size that the arm 9 of the anchor 5 may be slid readily into the said opening.

In practical operation, the arm 9 is slid throughthe opening 15 in the pipe 4, until the shoulder 8 is located in the said opene, 192e. serial No. 86,579.

ing, the arm 9 lying on the outside of the pipe, and the body 6 being located partly within and partly without the pipe, as indicated in Figure 1. VThe body 6 is swung inwardly a little, in the direction of the arrow A in Figure 1, so that when the end of the pipe 4 is stuck into the opening 3, the foot 7 on the end of the part 6 may pass through the opening 3. The arm 9 then is swung down flat on the pipe 4, as shown in Figure 1. This operation brings thev foot 7 upwardly into en 'agement with the chimney 1, within the 'lue 2, as shown in Figure 1, and, as a consequence, the pipe 4 cannotr pull out to the right in Figure 1. Furthermore, the shoulder 8 projects far enough beyond the outer' surface of the pipe 4 so that the shoulder will cooperate withthe outer surface ot the chimney 1, and limit the fmovement ot the pipe 4 to the left in Figure 1. The inishing ring 11 is slid to the lett, in Figure 1, against the chimney 1, the arm 9 of the anchor 5` being received in notch 14 ot' the nishing ring, the anchor 5 being f` held against tilting at 'the point 8-15, and the foot being maintained in such a position that it will retain the pipe 4. .Since the arm 9 is reduced as at 10, it may the more readily be inserted into and received within the notch 14 which is formed in the iinishing ring 11.

lhat is claimed is In a device of the class described, a stovepipe having an opening in its side wall; an anchor including a body and an arm disposed parallel to each other and a shoulder located at right angles to the body and the arm and connecting them together, the arm lying on the outside ot the pipe, the body lying partly on the inside of the pipe and projecting at its outer end beyond the end ot the pipe, the outer end of the body being provided with a foot disposed parallel to the shoulder, the toot and the shoulder constituting means for limiting the longitudinal sliding of the pipe in a chimney, the anchor being tiltable inthe opening in the pipe, and a ring surrounding the pipe and the arm to hold the shoulder engaged in the opening whereby the `shoulder will form the sole means for holding the anchor'against longitudinal movement with respect to the pipe.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature.

HOWARD T. CHINN.

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